[welterde]

Matrix is still kinda rough though. And there is no real lightweight homeserver implementation yet that I could find. Client situation is not much better. Maybe I am not the target audience, but I just want a simple, lightweight and minimalist client. The only thing that comes close is gomuks and maybe the matrix-plugin for weechat (a irc client), but both are extremely buggy right now for me.

[lrvick]

Try Dendrite. It is the light server you are looking for.

For a minimalist client try weechat.

[floren]

Have you done a Synapse -> Dendrite migration? I'd like to check it out, but there's a strong temptation to just leave things alone now that I have a working Synapse installation.

[zaik]

Maybe you should have a look at the XMPP internet standard.